All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.

I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes

Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'

My father had a tremendous influence on me, and I think many children who come from broken homes, esp. when they're very early. My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I. It was something in order to empower myself.

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.

I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now.